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PsyLiam is a play on his major and his first name. At least it was some time ago. It could be "psychotic Liam" after all the years he's had to deal with us.
Liam, I've always thought "Liam" was pronounced "lee-im", how close is that to the real pronounciation?
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"Jason" loses all meaning when spelled improperly.
Yes, like most words that are spelled improperly. Take a number, Jhole.
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My mother wanted my name to be spelt Kristopher. Luckily, my dad intervened, and my name uses the traditional spelling. My sister, though, is stuck with Jaime and forever having to correct people.
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Wow, my name is Kristofer, with a "K" and an "f." And it was my dad's idea, and being an atheist I'm glad to have gained a small measure of distance from the "Carrier of Christ" meaning of the name.
However, a friend of mine's name is spelled Kristofor, with an "o," which I think is taking things a bit too far.
Incidentally, I also recently updated the picture in my flare profile. But it still does not accurately reflect my current appearance. At the moment I have a lot more hair, both on my head and my face...
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Originally, I was supposed to be Austin, Jr. My dad killed that idea fairly quickly for some reason. Then came Kristopher and, ultimately, Christopher.
Kristoffer is another variation I've seen as well. But isn't "Kristo-" actually going back to the way "Christ" was spelt in antiquity?
I think we need to liven your profile up a bit. You've had "Well, gee...um...let's see...STAR TREK!!!" in there forever. We need to trim that down to Star Trek and add in stuff like "reinventing the wheel", "experimenting on lab rats", "stealing fortune cookies", and "plotting the downfall of McDonalds". You know, stuff that says, "I mock you, profile reader!"
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Well for obvious reasons I don't think I'll get too specific here, but when I had my name listed in the phone directory when I moved here, I told them I wanted it listed under my middle name and gave a Klingon name. I think I have the only Klingon name in three states.
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Assuming Liam doesn't pronounce his name some weird way, it would be like "lee-um", except then "ee" and "uh" sounds are run together so it's more like one syllable.
I'm pretty sure there are some languages where the native spelling of "Christopher" involves a 'k' and/or 'f'. But I don't know about "Jaime". Unless she pronounces it "zhem" and tells people it's French for "I love".
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My cousin is named Jaime... does that count?
quote: Like how "Michael" means "strength of God", Liam means "cheese eater" and Tim means "dickweed".
And "Nino" means little boy in Spanish while being a Filipino Catholic version of Jesus.
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quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: Originally, I was supposed to be Austin, Jr. My dad killed that idea fairly quickly for some reason. Then came Kristopher and, ultimately, Christopher.
So your dad first of all stopped you being called "Jr", and then prevented your name from being spelt in a silly way. He is my hero. We should loan him out to all stupid families that want to saddle their kids with names like "Jaason".
Odd spellings of names always strike me as people (or rather, their parents) trying to be "different" without putting any effort in. Like crazy hair and lip piercings, the novelty quickly wears off. But I am old and grumpy.
Anyway, Tim is right, it's pronounced "Lee-um". It can be shortened to "Lee", but for some reason the only people who do are my parents and their friends. And it means "protector", I think.
I'm constantly getting my surname spelt wrong though. And pronounced wrong. Woe is my life.
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Er, no. It would make him "Dick strength of God".
Which can't be bad, can it?
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